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First Blown Up VR38DETT?

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According to some posts on Skylines Australia -Haltech is the first one we have heard of to blow up a VR38DETT.

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Originally Posted by From Skylinesaustralia

This car was at the Eastern Creek private practise day on Friday 24th. In the 4th session the cars motor blew! It was sitting on the grass and had dropped oil on the track. They canceled the session as a result.

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Originally Posted by Skylinesaustralia

Apparently lost the top of a piston & has damaged the block & several rods.

Haltech Engineering R35 Gtr Pictures! - Skylines Australia

That will be one expensive motor build!!

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Originally Posted by Slidefox (Post 1303)

That will be one expensive motor build!!

:icon17: yup

Well, if you think about it; stuff like this NEEDS to happen. If we don't learn how to break it, we woun't be able to learn how NOT to break it.

THIS picture is from the track day. Poor GTR resting on the grass with leaking oil (made me cry :()

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Well here is a (terrible) photo of the GT-R on the grass. The photo doesn't show it but the GT-R is smoking. Black oily smoke.

About 2 mins after this happened the session gets called off and it's mentioned that there could be oil on the track. I say there wasn't, other wise they cleaned it up pretty quick.

I'd say that it was something along the lines of oil leaking onto something hot and burning, but really I have no idea. For some reason they wanted to keep it quiet

Some pictures of the car when it was in motion :(

http://www.556gravit.net/images/IMG_2723.jpg

http://www.556gravit.net/images/IMG_2561.jpg

Sweet color :tup:

That's a terrible story...
I think people are abusing the car too much
:<
GTR is one of the cars I must ownnnnnn!